Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2353 of 14 December 2017 authorising the placing on the market of oil from Calanus finmarchicus as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2017) 8426)

• CELEX: Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2353
• Articles: 5

Article 1

Without prejudice to the provisions of Directive 2002/46/EC, oil from Calanus finmarchicus as specified in Annex I to this Decision may be placed on the Union market as a novel food ingredient to be used in food supplements at the maximum levels established in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

The designation of oil from Calanus finmarchicus authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuffs shall be ‘oil from Calanus finmarchicus (crustacean)’.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to Calanus AS, Stakkevollv. 65, P.O. Box 2489, 9272 Tromsø, Norway.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

SPECIFICATIONS OF OIL FROM CALANUS FINMARCHICUS

Description: The novel food is ruby coloured, slightly viscous oil with a slight shellfish odour extracted from the crustacean (marine zooplankton) Calanus finmarchicus . The ingredient consists primarily of wax esters (> 85 %) with minor amounts of triglycerides and other neutral lipids.

Specifications

Parameter

Specifications values

Water

< 1 %

Wax esters

> 85 %

Total fatty acids

> 46 %

Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)

> 3 %

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)

> 4 %

Total fatty alcohols

> 28 %

C20:1 n-9 fatty alcohol

> 9 %

C22:1 n-11 fatty alcohol

> 12 %

Trans fatty acids

< 1 %

Astaxanthin esters

< 0,1 %

Peroxide value

< 3 meq. O 2 /kg

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

AUTHORISED USES OF OIL FROM CALANUS FINMARCHICUS

Food category

Maximum level

Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC

2,3 g/day